Wednesday, September 12, 2018

We've known for quite some time now that tRump, being the narcissist that he is, makes everything about himself. Even 911. Following are recorded factual examples of tRump using the terrorist attack on America on September 11, 2001 for self aggrandizement, personal gain, and to stir hatred for Muslims.

Even as the smoke was literally still rising from the World Trade Center, he saw a terrorist attack against America as an opportunity for self-aggrandizement and self-promotion. He eventually turned it into a weapon of political hate, but in the immediate aftermath, Trump saw it as an opportunity for brand enhancement and wasted no time.

Trump bragged that the destruction of the Twin Towers made his building the tallest in Lower Manhattan.

Forty Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was, actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest. And then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second-tallest, and now it’s the tallest.

Trump looked out and saw a scene in which 2,753 people died, and said, Hey, that means my building is the tallest one around! Who thinks like that? Trump, that’s who.

Trump applied for and received $150,000 in state funds intended to help small businesses affected by the attacks, despite the fact that his business was not affected.

The fund was supposed to cover uninsured losses for small businesses, but Trump somehow received $150,000 in taxpayer money; his application cited “rent loss,” “cleanup” and “repair.” Yet none of Trump’s properties were actually damaged in the attack.

Trump stretched the truth about personally helping to clean up at the site.

While Trump did visit the site a couple of days after the attack and did some interviews, there is no evidence that he got down to help clear rubble, which people would certainly have remembered. In fairness, this is a minor fib, but it reveals his ongoing attempt to make himself out to be more generous than he actually is.

Trump made other false claims about his personal connection to 9/11.

I have a window in my apartment that specifically was aimed at the World Trade Center because of the beauty of the whole downtown Manhattan and I watched as people jumped. And I watched the second plane come in. Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that.

Trump Tower is four miles from the site of the World Trade Center. He could not possibly have seen people jump from the buildings during the attacks.

Trump repeatedly told a vicious, racist lie about Muslim Americans celebrating the attacks — even after it was debunked.

Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering.

The next day, ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos confronted Trump with the fact that the police and journalists who investigated this rumor say that it never happened. Trump replied that he had watched it on TV, despite the fact that there is no video anywhere of such a thing happening, then said, “There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations.”

The problem here isn’t just about dishonesty. It’s that Trump was using the pain and anger associated with Sept. 11 to promote hatred at Muslim Americans, and lying in order to do it.

As we know well now, all that was not at all out of character for Trump. Nor was it out of character when he bragged about how the attacks had made his building bigger by comparison, or when he claimed he helped at the attack site when he didn’t, or when he squeezed some money he didn’t deserve out of a 9/11 fund. This is who Trump is. It’s who he’s always been. And it’s who he’s always going to be.

tRump has earned the total disrespect I, as well as millions upon millions of other real Americans have for him. He is a liar (pathological), a narcissist in the extreme degree, a xenophobic bigot, and a man without a soul. If there is a hell, something I do not believe, tRump shall surely roast in hell.

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America's political dialogue has deteriorated significantly over the course of the past 38 years. Deterioration accelerated during the 2008 presidential campaign and continued following the election of President Barrack Obama. The deterioration, driven almost exclusively by conservatives and republicans, continues, growing exponentially under tRump.

tRump, America's most divisive and dishonest president of the modern era has fueled the deterioration of political dialogue by injecting it with steroids. A potentially dangerous development.

Our republic was designed by brilliant men and has remained strong throughout our history. However, tRump has shaken the foundation of our Democratic Republic and cracks are beginning to show. If we ever fully accept that the press is the enemy of the people, that our time tested and honored institutions are corrupt, that questioning and being critical of our elected president is verboten (tRump's desires), and more we shall be forever changed.This individual and this site is unwilling to sit by and accept this as inevitable. It Isn't.

Real Americans must stand against the politics of division, bigotry, and hate. We Must Stand Against the Politics of tRump.

As we think about the divisiveness in which we are now engulfed, the reality is that ppl are passionate about their lives and politics. I get that. What I don't get is why people choose, yes choose, to engage in ways that further that divisiveness.

Free people are free to make a choice and while many may complain about the level and style of rhetoric, the truth is, those free people can choose to be different. But they don't care enough about their fellow man to make that choice.

I don't agree with a lot of the policies that many on the right seem to be pursuing, but I try, not always successfully I'll admit, not to make it personal.

Why does it seem that America has devolved into the loudest voice wins. Why is it that we've decided that we can't respectfully listen to another point of view, even if we think it will never work, and consider from where it comes, instead of slamming the person as a communist marxist nazi zionest hippie pinko anti american muslim loving jew hating evangelical idiot?

I wish I knew the answers... but of this I'm sure, this tendency may have been exacerbated by Pres Trump, but it did not start with him. It seems as if we've lost the ability, or the will, to thoughtfully seek consensus and build coalitions for the betterment of America.

Perhaps because we've decided that protecting our personal honor and winning, the argument, the point, the discussion, or whatever, is simply more important.

Well said Dave. I wish I knew the answer as well. Unfortunately, at this point I am beginning to believe there is no answer and that the human race is, by its nature, incapable of log continuous period of seeking solutions through reasoned rational compromise. Humans are tribal, and this includes politics, and sooner or later the pull of tribalism always wins out. My opinion I know but it is one I strongly believe is reality.

10 years ago when I decided to take up blogging my initial thought was to try and identify liberal, moderate, and conservative bloggers who would be willing to address economics, politics, ethics, government, and, issues of their choice. My thought was to create a forum in which reasonable folks of all stripes could discuss and debate issues. My hope, as well as my goal, was to see if compromise was possible and to what degree. Nice idea, and one I was unable to et anyone really interested in save perhaps one.

As I embarked on my blogging journey as a fiscal conservative it became increasingly clear that 1) almost all folks were interested in only their long held perspectives and weren't at all interested in other viewpoints. 2) That denouncing opposing views was often more important than first reading and attempting to understand another viewpoint before automatically dismissing it as communist, fascist, socialist, capitalist, or whatever. Attempting to understand another viewpoint was never of concern to most commenters. 3) That I, as much as I might like to believe otherwise, more often than I wish fell into the same MO that I criticize others for doing.

One thing I have learned over my 66 years is that... you can do anything you put your mind to. Which includes changing and improving your physical capabilities at any age as well as changing and improving your mental and emotional outlook. I know, I've done both. Having said that I will add it is a struggle to change, especially as one ages.

The TRUTH is you can change yourself but you are POWERLESS to change another. Unless that other WANTS to change. Experience has taught me that most don't want to change. Which is, IMNHO, why the 30%'ers are so solidly behind a man they see as their last best hope of stopping change and returning America to that fairy tale past of the 50's.

OT... Now that the women who claims she was sexually assaulted by SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh when they were in high school has went public I wonder if the republicans will do the right thing and delay moving forward. The claim is credible and there is documented therapist notes supporting her claims. Democrats call for a delay so the FBI can do a thorough inestigation is the only proper ethical course.

My guess, repubs will respond as they are always wont to do these days. Ethics and morality will be tossed aside in favor of partisan political considerations. After all their standard bearer is a sexual predator, a pervert, and a misogynist.

The party of evangelicals and family values has little to zero credibility. Their standard bearer has no core moral values yet still the party supports him. We can expect that party to continue to sink lower even yet.

My guess on what will happen with the Kavanaugh nomination is that republicans will move forward with it. It will get out of committee and the full Senate will vote on it. I give it a high probability go getting that far. Actual confirmation is a little more iffy. A lot depends on what happens in the next week. It only takes a couple of republicans to say no, if the Democrats all stay together and vote no.

If Kavanaugh is confirmed, my bet is that he will eventually get impeached once the Democrats gain sufficient control and are able to do a complete and competent investigation of Kavanaugh. There are plenty of grounds for impeachment even if the sexual abuse allegations are not credible.

I surely hope they impeach the ba*stard. Even though it has only happened once before (in 1804), and that guy was not removed. Samuel Chase was charged with having a "political bias had led him to treat defendants and their counsel in a blatantly unfair manner". Today it seems just fine (required even) that scotus justices have political biases (the justices may as well wear blue and red robes to denote the team they're representing).

Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski (both pro-choice) apparently believed Brett when he lied to their faces about Roe being settled law and precedent. Although given that the scotus can overturn precedent, in affirming reality, Brett may have believed he was not lying. Even though we ALL KNOW he would vote to overturn. As tRump PROMISED during the campaign, he was going to appoint "pro-life" justices and that Roe would be overturned. Did he not say it was inevitable?

No. A Google search shows that tRump said Roe would be overturned "automatically". So all that has to happen is for Brett to be confirmed and Roe will be gone (as per tRump). No case even needs to be brought.

tRump: "That will happen, automatically in my opinion" (inane tRump comment in response to a question from moderator Chris Wallace during the 3rd HRC vs DJT presidential debate on 10/19/2016).

Agreed Jerry. Hopefully there are enough republicans with a sense of morality, decency, and concern for basic individual rights to vote NO. We'll soon see. Of course tRump, a man with no core beliefs isn't going to withdraw the nomination.

That "there is no evidence that he [tRump] got down to help clear rubble" does not matter to his supporters. tRump would absolutely not lie and should be taken at his word. In fact, to not take tRump at his word and assume what he says about "helping out" at ground zero to true is to question ALL volunteers and call them ALL liars (as per Minus FJ. RN likely saw the comment).

As for this being a "minor fib", I believe it is a major one. Who kind of scumbag would lie about sending workers to help clear world trade center rubble and recover bodies? tRump, in a TV interview, talks about how the bodies are everywhere. As if he saw them himself or talked to a worker (he sent and paid for) who related it to him. Yet everything he said is almost certainly a lie.

That's cute. Of course they care. Why would Rusty Trombone bother to come here and protest that "We don't care."

They know that the immoral pig they support has only 30% approval, and the Goopers will probably lose the HOuse, and maybe the Senate, and that means President Spanky will be investigated from here to Mar-a-Lago for months and months, that is if Mueller doesn't indict his prodigiously fat arse before that.

Now now Rev, I think you're being just a bit dramatic. I mean come on,"lies almost daily to the American ppl."In case you didn't notice over sixty million of your fellow americans saw something important in DJT.And to get where the GOP is these days...well I guess you could say we are in the White House, the House, the Senate, 31 state houses and soon will have a very firm hand on SCOTUS for the next 30 years....yep Rev, that's about where we are

You got that right Dave. For conservatives and the GOP character matters only when THEY can use character as a bludgeon against their opponents (liberals and democrats).

The character matters and family values party nominated, and got elected president a narcissistic dishonest individual with no core values. And, they continue to support him. The primary problem isn't tRump. It's the people and party who stand behind one huge jacka*s, Donald J. tRump.

Dave, it's clear the Goopers don't have a firm grasp on reality. Consider what one of them wrote:

1-- Job performance

Trump's "job performace" approval is 30%. Rusty and his gang either don't understand math or are willfully ignorant. Trump's job performance is miserable according to the American people who are not 30 percenters.

2-- taxes

Have Rusty and his friends been able to buy their second yacht with all the tax money DJT saved for them? DJT's billionaire friends have because they got permanent tax breaks; Rusty and his pals got a few years of crumbs from billionaire preznit.

3-- Security

What exactly does that mean? Did DJT send his little army of billionaires to guard Rusty's bungalo?

4-- immigration control

DJT's immigration control consists of caging babies and children who've been kidnapped from their parents -- 12,000+ the most recent count. Do Rusty and his pals remember how the Nazis started their Final Solution? I'll refresh their memories -- Hitler separated children from their parents. Immigration control? or Trump's solution?

5-- Health Care

What health care? Seriously. There is no plan for health care. None. Trump promised he repeal and replace the ACA with something better and cheaper. Like everything else he promised, that was and is a lie. There is no health care plan. Rusty and his pals must be chewing funny 'shrooms if they believe President Unindicted Co-Conspirator has a health care plan.

50-- character

Rusty put character as #50 because right now in the current GOP, anyone with character is as rare as the truth coming out of the White House.

Right now the Dems have a 14% lead going into the mid-term elections. Let's see what happens when the Dems win the House and possibly the Senate.

Check out my "mushroom" post here. Note, however, that my commentary could leave people who don't read WYD a little confused. The short explanation is that it is another commentary meant to poke at Mystere (a trumper who comments on that blog). Also an idiot who is trying to cause Gravatar to suspend my account for imaginary TOS violations.

2. Taxes: Another GOP tax cut that is setting up a bubble. gwb did it with tax cuts and allowing the banks to go wild selling people exploding mortgages. tRump's tax cuts are even larger and will do a fantastic job of tanking the economy by themselves. A bubble looks good before it bursts, however. A+.

3. Security: Kim Jong Un lied to tRump about dismantling his nukes, but there was a cool photo opp that enabled tRump to lie about what a success the meeting was. With this teevee president, optics are what matters. Another A+.

4. Immigration: Go after Muslims and Brown people. tRump is doing this, so he gets an A+. Even if he is lying about building the wall.

5. Health Care: tRump's initial stab at destroying the ACA failed, but he is still working at taking it down and making health care more expensive for losers. A-.

It's interesting how lefties are always prone to either play the race card or the Nazi card.In response to Shaw, we will see what happens in Nov.. Remember how sure you were on Nov.7,2016 that HRC was going to be the next predident

Notice how Rusty Trombone Shackelford ignores tRump's words, actions, and history that point conclusively to tRump's racism and his support for white supremacists such as David Duke, Roy Moore, Joe Arpaio, just to name a few.

@Shaw... Dems need to consider that 14% as a mere .4%. They must not get complacent or cocky. They must campaign hard, put forth positive agenda's well explained. And, as much as I hate to say it, as well as going positive on the issues and the vision thing they MUST also expose every goddamn piece of dirt and filth they can on the republicans and tRump. A no holds barred, knock down and drag out brawl is something dems can no longer be afraid of. You wouldn't have heard me say that 6, 10, 14, 18, etc. years ago. But then there was no tRump the Train Wreck involved back then.

Rusty: "It's interesting how lefties are always prone to either play the race card or the Nazi card."

Rusty's already forgotten that his hero-preznit said Nazis were "nice people" when the Nazis marched in Charlottesville last year. Most of the TrumpCultists choose to forget that disgusting pro-Nazi remark, so when we correctly talk about Nazis when it is relevant to Trump, the Cultists claim we're playing the Nazi card. Um. No. Donald J. Trump played that card loud and clear in Charlottesville, and we should never let his cultists forget it.

The racist card? The Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, said that Trump's hideous remarks on the American judge who was presiding over the Trump U. law suit -- that claim by Trump that he would not get a fair trial because that judge was Mexican was the very definition of racism.

No, Rusty. We don't play the Nazi or the race card. Trump does that, and it's all on record. We just point out the obvious. And you cultists don't want to face it.

So I guess what you're saying Shaw is the majority of conservatives are either racist or Nazi supporters or both. If that's so it must have sent you off the rails when we won the House, Senate and then to top it off we ran an obnoxious reality TV star who beat the best candidate the left could muster for the presidency.

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